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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rt Rev Dr Jo Bailey Wells, bishop of Dorking. Show more

Farming Today turns the spotlight on family succession as Howard Shannon investigates the relationships between the farming generations. Show more

Alison Steadman provides a seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period. Show more

Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Bruno Tonioli, Strictly Come Dancing judge, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. Show more

David recalls the mystery of the vanishing armadillo on his 1950s trip to Argentina in search of wildlife for the BBC's Zoo Quest. Show more

Success of women in TV and film in 2017; rising numbers of homeless women and children; women of colour in mainstream media;. Show more

Rebecca and Jeremy Front conclude their series of Incredible Women dedicated entirely to actress and national treasure Dame Cicely Leyland. With Fenella Fielding and Laurence Fox. Show more

Ian Sansom is trapped inside a radio documentary about radio documentaries, podcasts and audio-storytelling from around the world. Show more

David Sedaris was not always an award-winning writer and satirist. For two consecutive Christmases, he was elf at a New York department store. These are extracts from his diaries. Show more

On this day in 1917, the Russian government issued a decree abolishing all military ranks and titles, and in Tynemouth, Duncan gives Joyce a difficult start to her day. Show more

Consumer news and issues.

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News with Chris Mason including why GPs want you to consult the internet, how new bones can be grown in a laboratory and the development 'more revolutionary than the internet'. Show more

Louiza Patikas, better known to Radio 4 listeners as Helen Archer, shares a love of Greek life and culture with her pen pal, fellow actor Angeliki Papoulia. Show more

Brian sets out his vision, and Eddie comforts the cast. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Dartmoor, 1970s: A man attempts to prevent the extinction of one of the UK's most iconic butterflies. Stars Michael Pennington. Show more

Peter Gibbs and the panel visit the Garden Museum in Lambeth. Pippa Greenwood, Anne Swithinbank and Matt Biggs answer questions from the audience. Show more

By Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jhumpa Lahiri. A teenage girl in a remote Italian village wonders why her life is so different from those who holiday there. Read by Deeivya Meir. Show more

Julian Worricker on banker and businessman Sir Peter Burt; architectural archivist Jill Lever; rose grower John Mattock; film director Peter Duffell; folk musician Tom Paley. Show more

Comedians Ed Byrne and Hardeep Singh Kohli talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books, one a Scottish gorefest and one a Scottish classic with disturbing undertones. Show more

A counsellor finds she has gained as much from their sessions as her client whose life has been changed through cancer. Fi Glover presents. Show more

Thousands take to the streets of Iran, in the biggest challenge to the regime since 2009.

Doon Mackichan stars as a woman livid that her ex-husband’s remarried and moved on. Comic monologue from 2017. Show more

The team imagines how Britain's media would cope if Donald Trump pressed the button. Show more

Lynda is on top form, and there is revelry at Honeysuckle Cottage. Show more

Kay Mellor on the real life inspiration for her new ITV drama Girlfriends, marking 200 years of Frankenstein and going on set with Rob Brydon in Swimming With Men. Show more

Rebecca and Jeremy Front conclude their series of Incredible Women dedicated entirely to actress and national treasure Dame Cicely Leyland. With Fenella Fielding and Laurence Fox. Show more

Senior BBC journalists forecast what is likely to happen over the coming year.

Howard Jacobson appeals for a re-discovery of the subtlety of language and explains why he believes we should leave behind the 'frozen wastes of Emojiland'. Show more

The seventh omnibus of Season 12, Giddy with Possibility, set in Tynemouth, in the week when the first ladies' international football match was played in Belfast. From Dec 2017. Show more

What's behind the biggest street protests in Iran since 2009's so-called Green Revolution? Plus we hear a European view on the Brexit talks and discuss the New Year honours list. Show more

Intimate late-night conversation. Lauren Laverne and guests Afua Hirsch, Zoe Strimpel and Sali Hughes get to grips with the key events of 2017. Show more

With Spider being hunted and Fat Charlie under arrest, the brothers must put aside their differences in order to survive. Meanwhile something very odd is happening with the birds. Show more

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Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod explores some mysterious bones: Lewis Carroll and a dodo skeleton in Oxford. From 2017. Show more

David recalls the mystery of the vanishing armadillo on his 1950s trip to Argentina in search of wildlife for the BBC's Zoo Quest. Show more

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